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This blog explores curious portraits of Elizabethan courtiers and is particularly concerned with the 400-year-old search for Shakespeare ad vivum, a portrait of the poet painted from life.
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Lee Durkee (leedurkee.com) is the author of the novel THE LAST TAXI DRIVER, which was named a Best Book of 2021 in France, Ireland, and America (orders available here). His memoir STALKING SHAKESPEARE, which chronicles his two-decade search for lost portraits of William Shakespeare, will be published by Scribner in April 2023.
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Hey there! Long time reader, first time commenting. I devoured Stalking Shakespeare this week, and felt compelled to come here and post my thanks. This blog was long my favorite place on the internet, and I dearly miss reading your analysis, so this book was such a treat. Brilliant, witty, hysterically funny, and a beautiful look at our collective obsession. Thank you so much for everything! P.S. Any new favorite ad vivum candidates since publication?
ReplyDeleteHi, and thanks! So glad to hear you enjoyed the book. I'm back working the blog, and right now I am consumed with a portrait in the Royal Collection called David Rizzio and its relationship to the First Folio engraving of Shakespeare. You can find the Rizzio post in my Recent Post menu on the blog's sidebar (or at https://lostshakespeareportraits.blogspot.com/2019/10/a-curious-portrait-of-man-stabbed-57.html ). If I could get one portrait tested, the Rizzio portrait would be the one. I might even get a petition going on this one to pressure the Royal Collection.
DeleteBrilliant book Lee. I've left an Amazon review - hopefully a few more copies will leave the shelves. Keep up the search and your efforts to coax institutions into finding out more about their portraits. I continue to collect some "shakespeare" portraits - mostly modern (19th C) amateur efforts. I will keep reading your blog: hoping that one day you solve the puzzle !. Michael
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